- plural of fontange.
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Porte-t-on des fontanges et des beaux habits, Va-t-on à la danse, prend-on ses plaisis?”
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
The under-sleeves worn in dressed costume are also open at the ends, in the pagoda form, and are trimmed with fontanges or frills of lace, or richly worked muslin.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various